Our shopping trip was a preliminary one. Katie had made an appointment at David's Bridal, a large retailer in the USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico. She wanted to try on as many different styles of gowns as she could to get a good idea of what would look best on the big day.
Unfortunately when we arrived at David's Bridal on Chenal Parkway, we had catalogs thrust at us and were promptly forgotten. After about thirty minutes of struggling in the dressing room on our own, we gave up and went to lunch. I called the smaller boutiques around town to see if they could fit us in, and although they were all very polite and helpful, they did not have any open appointments on such short notice. Finally when we thought the whole day had been a failure, we tried the David's Bridal on McCain Boulevard. What did we have to lose? When they heard what had happened, they scheduled us a one-on-one appointment that day. Our experience at the location on McCain was as good as our experience on Chenal was bad.
I don't want to give anything away, but here are a couple of the dresses/styles that Katie tried on.
We learned a lot about what she actually likes. She always thought she wanted to wear a short wedding dress, but after trying one on, she quickly changed her mind. She hated the way the tea length dress cut her off at the shins.
Although she decided this gown was too embellished and "fancy" (for lack of a better word) for the back yard venue, she liked the style much better. The sheath, straight line dresses was much more becoming and showed off her figure well.
After a disappointing beginning, it turned out to be the fun and very girly day we had hoped for.
Please share any suggestions you have about gown shopping in Arkansas, and please, please share with me any advice you have about being the best MOH a girl could ask for.
I didn't know you were going to be the Maid of Honor! That is awesome Jessica! I wish I had some advice but of course I don't! So exciting. When is the wedding?
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